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Environmental

Power Consumption (Idle)

0.6W

Power Consumption (Active)

3W

Operating Temperature

0°C ~ +70°C

Max Shock Resistance

1500G

Dimensions & Weight

Height

6.8mm

Width

70mm

Depth

100mm

Quick Info

WarrantyBeyond any applicable Newegg return policy, this item is warranted independently by the product's Manufacturer or a Third party. Below is a summary provided for convenience only and may not be accurate or current.
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Rating: 4/5My first SSD!

Pros: -Very fast-Low power use!-Small enough to use in most laptops.-Stays cool! (I have touched it after a heavy load and it does not sizzle my finger at all.)-Very easy to install as most hardrives/SSDs are.

Cons: Price (When I purchased it - it has went down a good amount since then.)

Other Thoughts: I had this in my desktop before my desktop (even in my desktop it was a force to be reckoned with) decided to fry and moved this SSD to my laptop which increased the speed of it by a noticeable amount and the laptop is by far not bad it's just not gamer grade but still runs a lot of games flawlessly in load times because of this good SSD. The one egg for price is probably me being a nitpick but still valid for my own personal review. For my first SSD I'm glad I decided to use G.Skill like I have been using for Memory for quite a while and am still not disappointed.

Manufacturer Response:

.Dear Customer

Thank you for your G.Skill purchase and review. Glad to hear your first SSD is working fast and smooth in your computer! This is one of the best SSDs on the market so you should be very pleased with the performance. Load times are dramatically improved in any system because this device has the quickest access speed. So whether it is used in a desktop or laptop, the operating system should be seamless. Thank you for your continuous support. If you have any further questions or concerns, pleease don't hesitate to contact us directly.

Rating: 5/5like a pheonix across the finish line

Pros: had for 5 months no problems due to the manufacturerVery fastonly gets as warm as room temp.have 2.5" sata cables running to and fromvery small smaller than my phone lolcan use one to store os and driver and another for games and music

Cons: i messed up on setting the right one for starting my computer and ended up wiping the slate clean

Rating: 1/5Awful

Cons: Had to RMA first one worked about 10 minutes and just stopped. Second one would not overclock any processors I had no matter what settings were on or off. Phenom ii x4 980, FX 8350, and Athlon ii x2 240e, Cpu 0 overclocked and the others either stayed at stock speed or fluctuated from 1300 mhz to stock. Bios update did not fix nor did turning off all the power saving and boost modes.

Other Thoughts: If I had it to do over again I would have went with ASROCK or ASUS, Gigabyte is way too overrated.

Manufacturer Response:

.Dear Customer

We are sorry to hear you got a bad motherboard. This review is for the G.Skill SSD, so please double check and re post if you would like. Should you have any questions or issues with the G.Skill Phoenix III series SSD, please feel free to contact us directly.

Rating: 1/559 days and DEAD

Cons: Purchased 59 days ago and its dead. I have an image of the boot disk and put the WD Black back in.

Other Thoughts: Next step is to see how G.Skill deals with the warranty return

Manufacturer Response:

.Dear Customer

Glad to hear the SSD was working fast in your system. It is strange the drive has failed, but please send it in for RMA exchange and a replacement should work better. All G.Skill SSD are backed by a 3 year manufacturer wrranty. At any time the drive does not work flawlessly, we can have it replaced. Defects should rarely happen as all G.Skill SSDs go through the most rigorous testing to ensure great stability. This should be a one time mishap that should not happen again. For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly.

Rating: 4/5its what i expected

Cons: doesnt boot as fast as my agility 2 did but the agility 2 died soooo if this one lasts longer then ill take it

Other Thoughts: its gskill and i havent had any trouble with any of theyre products yet

Manufacturer Response:

.Dear Customer

Thank you for your G.Skill purchase and review. Glad to hear you got the solid state drive at a good price and it is working well in your system. This is one of the best SSDs on the market. With over 500MB/s read and write on a SATA III interface, you should be very pleased with the speed. As far as reliability, all Phoenix III series SSDs go through many hours of rigorous testing to ensure the absolute highest quality control. You will not be let down. For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly.

Rating: 5/5Excellent SSD!

Other Thoughts: My macbook pro HD crashed 5 days ago, i spent two researching and deciding which ssd to go with since i knew thats where the tech is headed i might as well jump in now.

Long story short my gut told me go with this one and i am glad i did. It took 45 minuted between swapping out hd's and a clean install of mac os. After all the updates this thing is like its supercharged. It turns on and is ready in under 10 seconds.

I ordered 8gb of ram too that isnt here yet, cant wait to see what this mac will do when I add that.

I will update in a few weeks to see if the performance is still where its at.

I have an AMD-based system, and I had to temporarily revert to the (older) original Microsoft AHCI drivers to install them properly. The actual process wasn't that difficult, but still an inconvenience that could be daunting to those who are not familiar.

Other Thoughts: There is a lot to say about making the move to purchase a SSD. Any upgrade to a SSD over your standard hard drive is going to be an upgrade, with a noticeable increase in performance.

I have worked hard to justify spending the extra cash to buy a SSD, and I am pretty happy to say I don't feel like I wasted my money on the replacement drive. I bought a new rig last year, and I decided I needed an upgrade from the aging, but stalwart, 5400rpm 160gb Western Digital I had. (Salvaged from my previous computer, which suffered a motherboard malfunction after warranty.)

I have ran some benchmarking tests, and was pleased to discover that my drive actually could achieve up to the maximums advertised. (I am using the latest AMD AHCI drivers, which, for me, work better than the Microsoft drivers - I ran the benchmarks using both.) My WEI, not that it means anything, is at 7.9. Real-world tests are tricky, and far more subjective, but the improved speed over a standard hard-drive is definitely noticeable. My computer routinely boots up in roughly twenty seconds, and load times are a magnitude faster across the board. Overall productivity is up, and it's nice to have really quick level load times to brag about when it becomes time to relax and play some games.

I am not an enthusiast gamer, but a lot of what I do in life revolves around the computer. Whether it's research, making power-points, or playing the occasional game, I want to get the most out of my system and have it age well in the coming years. I don't need terabytes of space to store volumes Hi-Def movies, or whatnot, so a 240 gigabyte limit is more than sufficient for me. The speed is great, and actually a bit spoiling. There are faster SSDs out there, but if speed is your only concern, get a PCI-e slot SSD, which are yet another magnitude more fast. In either case, you'll pay the premium price.

Overall, I chose G.skill because of the space and performance offered at the cost fit the bill nicely. G.skill is a reliable, quality brand name when it comes to memory, and I am glad they make good hard-drives as well.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. It is very odd you received a defective drive. All G.Skill Phoenix III series SSDs go through rigorous hours of testing to ensure the absolute highest quality control standards in the industry. Rest assured the replacement should work without a problem. All G.Skill Phoenix III SSDs are backed by a 3 year manufacturers warranty. At any time it does not wory properly, send it in for RMA exchange and a replacement should work flawlessly. This is one of the best SSDs on the market, so you will be very pleased with the result. For any further questions or concerns, feel free to contact us directly.

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